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Hand tool used by the shoeing-smith to trim the tail beyond the tailbone of draft horses (1). It is tang-shaped with relatively long (approx. 30-40 cm) arms, with or without wooden handles. One jaw is cut in a U-shape and is hollow so that the cutting blade fits on the other jaw; exceptionally it is made of wood (2). The tail is cut just after the sacrum so that it cannot grow back. The wound is burned out with a cauterizing iron. [MOT] (1) N.L.I .: s.v. brûle-queue, reports that the horse's tail was cut off after it suffered a stroke. (2) STOQUART: 23.

Hand tool with which the last bits of dough are scraped from the baking trough. It is a metal tool with a wide-flared or square blade that is perpendicular to the metal handle (1). See also the dough grater. [MOT] (1) In Great Britain you can also find dough scrapers with a tang or with a socket and wooden handle.

The draw bore pin serves to pull together heavy mortise and tenon joints. It is an iron cone-shaped bar of about 20-30 cm on which a wing with a hole is forged. More technical information on this page in dutch. See also the peg of emergency. [MOT]

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/drain-auger?lang=nl>

The dowel plate is to be distinguished from the nail header.This text can only be consulted in Dutch.

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/drift-blacksmith?lang=nl>

A drawing awl is an approx. 30-40 cm long awl with a hole in the tip, through which a cord can be inserted. The harness maker, saddler, mattress maker and seat maker use this hand tool when sewing thick objects. According to the Osborne catalog, the butcher used a drawing awl to bind ham (1). [MOT] (1) OSBORNE: 49. The butcher's tool is called ham stringer.

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/drawing-plane?lang=nl>

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/drain-rods?lang=nl>

This text can only be consulted in Dutch <https://www.mot.be/resource/Tool/dough-grater?lang=nl>